Roman Kienast (born 29 March 1984) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for SC Lockenhaus-Rattersdorf. He is currently also the manager of

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's U-18 squad.

Club career

Kienast joined the youth team of Rapid Wien at the age of 14. He debuted in the club's first team in 2002. In the next two seasons, he made 24 appearances in the

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, but was unable to score a goal. In 2004, he was loaned out to

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, then playing in the

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(Austria's second highest professional league). After scoring four goals in six games, he was quickly called back by Rapid. During the rest of the season, he made 21 appearances for the Vienna side, and finally managed to score his first goal in the Bundesliga. The season ended in glory for the team as they won the Austrian title. Just before the start of the 2006 season, Kienast came to the Norwegian club Hamarkameratene (Ham-Kam) on loan. He played well during the first spring games, and Ham-Kam decided to buy him. However, he could not prevent the team from going down that season. In the next season, Ham-Kam got promoted back to the Norwegian Premier League, with Kienast playing an integral part in the campaign by scoring 14 goals. As of 27 May 2008, Kienast has not scored during the 2008 season in Ham-Kam's comeback to the top flight. On 31 July 2008, Kienast moved to Helsingborgs IF of

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in Sweden on loan for the rest of the year with an option for them to buy the player. On 26 November 2013, Kienast scored the first

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group stage goal in Austria Vienna's history, netting in the 1–1 away draw with

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. After three years with

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, he returned to Sturm Graz in January 2015.

Later career

In July 2019, Kienast joined SV Stripfing as a playing assistant manager. He left the club again in the summer 2020. On 10 February 2021, Kienast joined SC Lockenhaus-Rattersdorf. Beside that, Kienast was also appointed manager of

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's U-18 squad on 14 June 2021.

International career

Kienast made 11 appearances for the Austria national team. He scored one goal on 27 May in a 1–0 goal win

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in a friendly. After that game, coach

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chose him in the final squad for the European Championship.

Personal life

Roman is the son of former Rapid Wien player

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and the nephew of former Austria international Reinhard Kienast.Kienast player profile
– EURO2008

Honours

Rapid Wien *

: 2004–05 Sturm Graz * Austrian Bundesliga:

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References

External links

Player profile
at Hamarkameratene's official web site (Norwegian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kienast, Roman 1984 births Living people Footballers from Salzburg Men's association football forwards Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Hamarkameratene players Helsingborgs IF players 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players SK Rapid Wien players SC Rheindorf Altach players FK Austria Wien players FC Wil players SK Sturm Graz players UEFA Euro 2008 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Swiss Challenge League players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Austrian expatriate men's footballers